Section 14.9. Related Modules

14.9. Related Modules

In Table 14.9 you will find a list of modules other than os and sys that relate to the execution environment theme of this chapter.

Table 14.9. Execution Environment Related Modules

Module	Description
atexit[a]	Registers handlers to execute when Python interpreter exits
popen2	Provides additional functionality on top of os.popen(): provides ability to communicate via standard files to the other process; use subprocess for Python 2.4 and newer)
commands	Provides additional functionality on top of os.system(): saves all program output in a string which is returned (as opposed to just dumping output to the screen); use subprocess for Python 2.4 and newer)
getopt	Processes options and command-line arguments in such applications
site	Processes site-specific modules or packages
platform[b]	Attributes of the underlying platform and architecture
subprocess[c]	Subprocess management (intended to replace old functions and modules such as os.system(), os.spawn*(), os.popen*(), popen2.*, commands.*)

^[a] New in Python 2.0.

^[b] New in Python 2.3.

^[c] New in Python 2.4.